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Webster 1913 Edition


Orthodromic

Orˊtho-drom′ic

,
Adj.
[
Ortho-
+ Gr. [GREEK] to run.]
Of or pertaining to orthodromy.

Webster 1828 Edition


Orthodromic

ORTHODROM'IC

,
Adj.
[See orthodromy.] Pertaining to orthodromy.

Definition 2024


orthodromic

orthodromic

English

Adjective

orthodromic (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to a means of navigation by following an arc of the great circle corresponding to the shortest distance between two points on the globe.
  2. (of neurons) Passing along neurological impulses in a normal (expected) direction.

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